A drawing apparatus includes a processor determining the aspect ratio of the surface area of a target nail of a finger or a toe, and entering a first fitting mode to modify the aspect ratio of at least one nail design in accordance with the surface area of the target nail and to fit the at least one nail design to the surface area of the nail. The rate of modification of the aspect ratio of the at least one nail design is within a modification threshold of the at least one nail design.
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1. A drawing apparatus comprising: a processor that determines an aspect ratio of a surface area of a target nail of a finger or a toe and enters a first fitting mode to modify an aspect ratio of a nail design among a plurality of nail designs in accordance with the aspect ratio of the surface area of the target nail and to fit the nail design to the surface area of the target nail, the plurality of nail designs including a first nail design and a second nail design that are different from each other, wherein: if the nail design is the first nail design, a rate of modification of the aspect ratio of the nail design is set to be within a first modification threshold that is stored in advance in association with the first nail design, if the nail design is the second nail design, a rate of modification of the aspect ratio of the nail design is set to be within a second modification threshold that is stored in advance in association with the second nail design, the second modification threshold being different from the first modification threshold, and the first modification threshold and the second modification threshold are both greater than 0%.
2. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor enters the first fitting mode to transform a longitudinal length of the nail design to match a longitudinal length of the surface area of the target nail and a transverse length of the nail design to match a transverse length of the surface area of the target nail and compress or expand one of the longitudinal length and the transverse length of the nail design by a rate of modification within the first modification threshold if the nail design is the first nail design, or by a rate of modification within the second modification threshold if the nail design is the second nail design.
3. The drawing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor enters a second fitting mode for modification of a size of the nail design without modification of the aspect ratio of the nail design to transform the nail design so as to match the other of the longitudinal length and transverse length of the nail design to the other of the longitudinal length and the transverse length of the surface area of the target nail in accordance with the aspect ratio of the surface area of the target nail, and enters the first fitting mode to compress or expand the one of the longitudinal length and the transverse length of the nail design by a rate of modification within the first modification threshold if the nail design is the first nail design, or by a rate of modification within the second modification threshold if the nail design is the second nail design.
4. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a memory storing the plurality of nail designs comprising information on respective corresponding modification thresholds including the first modification threshold and the second modification threshold, wherein the processor enters the first fitting mode to select the rate of modification of the aspect ratio of the nail design within the corresponding modification threshold stored in the memory.
5. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nail designs are classified into several groups depending on a susceptibility of feeling to compression and expansion, and a corresponding modification threshold is selected for each group.
6. A non-transitory readable recording medium storing a program for causing a processor of a drawing apparatus to execute the processes of: determining an aspect ratio of a surface area of a target nail of a hand or a foot; and entering a first fitting mode to modify an aspect ratio of a nail design among a plurality of nail designs in accordance with the aspect ratio of the surface area of the target nail and fit the nail design to the surface area of the target nail, the plurality of nail designs including a first nail design and a second nail design that are different from each other, wherein: if the nail design is the first nail design, a rate of modification of the aspect ratio of the nail design is set to be within a first modification threshold that is stored in advance in association with the first nail design, if the nail design is the second nail design, a rate of modification of the aspect ratio of the nail design is set to be within a second modification threshold that is stored in advance in association with the second nail design, the second modification threshold being different from the first modification threshold, and the first modification threshold and the second modification threshold are both greater than 0%.
7. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first nail design is a design in which a line is drawn at a tip of a nail or a design of a gradation of several colors.
8. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second nail design is a design including a face of a character.
9. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first modification threshold is higher than the second modification threshold.
10. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first modification threshold is 30%.
11. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second modification threshold is 5%.
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February 22, 2018
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